July 23, 2017
2:06 pm

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 25, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Security cabinet meets over Temple Mount tensions, violence and terror attack

Wife of Elad Salomon says husband ‘fought back,’ saving their children; Salomon family members laid to rest in Modi’in funerals; 10 wounded in Qalandiya clashes

By Times of Israel staff

July 9, 2017
9:14 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference after his meeting with Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi on July 6, 2017, at the Carthage Palace, near Tunis. ( AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)

Abbas said to cut salaries of 37 Hamas lawmakers

Deputy speaker calls measure a ‘declaration of war’ on Palestinian Legislative Council; Abbas meets Sissi, threatens ‘economic sanctions’

By Dov Lieber

July 8, 2017
8:28 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Mohammad Dahlan, left, leave a news conference in Egypt, in February 2007. (AP/Amr Nabil)

Dahlan’s grand plans for Gaza’s revival threaten to sideline Abbas

PA chief fumes at Cairo’s apparent support for his rival’s talks with Hamas, which have spoiled Abbas’s efforts to pressure terror group into submission

By Avi Issacharoff

July 5, 2017
10:25 pm

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh greets supporters during a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Hamas militant group in Jebaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, December 12, 2014 . (AP/Adel Hana)

Hamas leader hails turning of ‘new page’ with Egypt

Ismail Haniyeh says Trump ‘trying to eliminate Palestinian issue’

By Dov Lieber

July 5, 2017
6:30 pm

A picture taken on June 13, 2017, shows Palestinian children at home reading books by candle light due to electricity shortages in Gaza City. (AFP/ THOMAS COEX)

Palestinians overwhelmingly oppose Abbas pressure on Gaza

Poll shows majority of Strip’s residents support Hamas-Dahlan deal, but Fatah strongman still has paltry support for presidency

By Dov Lieber

July 4, 2017
6:43 pm

‘Three-state’ reality emerges as Hamas-Dahlan leadership takes shape in Gaza

Political reconciliation in Strip likely to defer war with Israel in short term, but lead to deadlier confrontation later

By Avi Issacharoff

July 4, 2017
4:05 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures after delivering a speech on the second day of the 7th Fatah Congress in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 30, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Prodding Hamas, Abbas fires 6,145 PA employees in Gaza

Ramallah spokesperson says measure part of ‘national strategy’ to force terror group to cede control of Strip

By Dov Lieber

June 30, 2017
1:34 pm

A Palestinian woman washes dishes by candlelight at her makeshift home in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on June 12, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

UN envoy seeks deal to end Gaza electricity crisis

Nikolay Mladenov tries to mediate between Hamas leaders and Palestinian Authority heads to restore power to enclave

By Times of Israel staff

May 31, 2017
2:45 pm

A silhouette of a Palestinian boy in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on April 19, 2017. The Gaza Strip's only functioning power plant was out of action. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Energy minister refuses to cut further electricity to Gaza

As Hamas and PA wage power struggle, Yuval Steinitz says Israel should not be drawn into internal Palestinian problems

By Agencies

May 14, 2017
10:51 pm

Barghouti urges Palestinian ‘civil disobedience’ on Monday’s Nakba Day

Lawyer for jailed Fatah terrorist says his hunger-striking client has lost 13 kilograms, denies authenticity of video of him sneaking food

By Avi Issacharoff, Jacob Magid and AP

May 7, 2017
6:06 pm

Palestinian Football Association head Jibril Rajoub holds a press conference on October 12, 2016, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

In rare sign of amity, top Fatah official salutes new Hamas head

Jibril Rajoub phones Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza, offering support and talking of restoring national unity, terror group says

By Times of Israel staff and Agencies

April 26, 2017
8:10 pm

Palestinian demonstrators hold Fatah party flags as they demonstrate in the center of the West Bank city of Hebron on November 4, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

Fatah beats Hamas at university elections for 2nd time this month

Abbas loyalists win at small Hebron college; student elections seen as a barometer of Palestinian public opinion in the absence of general votes

By Dov Lieber

April 13, 2017
4:55 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, October 1, 2016. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Abbas threatens ‘unprecedented’ steps to end split with Hamas

But terror group spokesman warns divide with Fatah won’t be resolved by means of pressure

By Agencies

January 31, 2017
5:27 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during local elections at a polling station in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 20, 2012. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians set delayed local elections for May 13

PA ministers schedule first vote since 2006, though Hamas in Gaza expected to shun ballot

By AFP and AP

January 19, 2017
7:08 pm

Palestinians chant slogans during a protest against the ongoing electricity crisis in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, January 12, 2017. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

Abbas ally’s home hit in Gaza bombing, no injuries

Two explosions rock coastal enclave; one at Fatah official’s home, another in Nuseirat refugee camp

By AFP

Topic: Fatah-Hamas reconciliation

Security cabinet meets over Temple Mount tensions, violence and terror attack

Wife of Elad Salomon says husband ‘fought back,’ saving their children; Salomon family members laid to rest in Modi’in funerals; 10 wounded in Qalandiya clashes

Abbas said to cut salaries of 37 Hamas lawmakers

Deputy speaker calls measure a ‘declaration of war’ on Palestinian Legislative Council; Abbas meets Sissi, threatens ‘economic sanctions’

Dahlan’s grand plans for Gaza’s revival threaten to sideline Abbas

PA chief fumes at Cairo’s apparent support for his rival’s talks with Hamas, which have spoiled Abbas’s efforts to pressure terror group into submission

Hamas leader hails turning of ‘new page’ with Egypt

Ismail Haniyeh says Trump ‘trying to eliminate Palestinian issue’

Palestinians overwhelmingly oppose Abbas pressure on Gaza

Poll shows majority of Strip’s residents support Hamas-Dahlan deal, but Fatah strongman still has paltry support for presidency

‘Three-state’ reality emerges as Hamas-Dahlan leadership takes shape in Gaza

Political reconciliation in Strip likely to defer war with Israel in short term, but lead to deadlier confrontation later

Prodding Hamas, Abbas fires 6,145 PA employees in Gaza

Ramallah spokesperson says measure part of ‘national strategy’ to force terror group to cede control of Strip

UN envoy seeks deal to end Gaza electricity crisis

Nikolay Mladenov tries to mediate between Hamas leaders and Palestinian Authority heads to restore power to enclave

Energy minister refuses to cut further electricity to Gaza

As Hamas and PA wage power struggle, Yuval Steinitz says Israel should not be drawn into internal Palestinian problems

Barghouti urges Palestinian ‘civil disobedience’ on Monday’s Nakba Day

Lawyer for jailed Fatah terrorist says his hunger-striking client has lost 13 kilograms, denies authenticity of video of him sneaking food

In rare sign of amity, top Fatah official salutes new Hamas head

Jibril Rajoub phones Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza, offering support and talking of restoring national unity, terror group says

Fatah beats Hamas at university elections for 2nd time this month

Abbas loyalists win at small Hebron college; student elections seen as a barometer of Palestinian public opinion in the absence of general votes

Abbas threatens ‘unprecedented’ steps to end split with Hamas

But terror group spokesman warns divide with Fatah won’t be resolved by means of pressure

Palestinians set delayed local elections for May 13

PA ministers schedule first vote since 2006, though Hamas in Gaza expected to shun ballot

Abbas ally’s home hit in Gaza bombing, no injuries

Two explosions rock coastal enclave; one at Fatah official’s home, another in Nuseirat refugee camp

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